These 15 Minute Dinners Will Change Your Life

00:00 - Intro
00:53 - Pasta
05:30 - Quesadilla
09:06 - Noodle Sitr Fry
12:39 - Wings & Salad

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[Noneya]

My grandmother taught me to cook. Her #1 rule was “clean as you go”. While something is simmering, frying or boiling, you clean up your work area. 👍❤️

[conan_der_barbar]

I actually like the "that's just what I have here right now" setup, because that's what most of our kitchens look like

[whirledpeas]

My dad was an executive chef, and he taught me to never leave panhandles sticking off the stove - since someone could inadvertently catapult the hot contents across the room. Just wanted to give a shout-out for kitchen safety.

[ambiguousaesthetic]

Fresh Tomato Marinara Pasta
Ingredients:

16 ounces of the pasta of your choice
1 onion, diced
2 cloves of garlic, sliced
2 tablespoons of extra virgin olive oil
Pinch of salt
2 pints of cherry tomatoes
¼ cup of shredded parmesan cheese
¼ cup of roughly chopped parsley


Instructions:

Bring a salted pot of water to a boil as well as bring a wide saute pan to a medium heat.
Add oil to the wide saute pan. Once it starts to shimmer, add in the chopped onion and garlic.

When the garlic and onion soften a bit, approx 2 – 3 minutes, add in the cherry tomatoes and top it with the lid. When the water is boiling add in the pasta.

Once the tomatoes are starting to burst, grab a spatula and mash the tomatoes to release the juices. Turn the heat to low, sprinkle in some more salt, and let reduce.

Drain the pasta and add it to the tomato sauce. Pour in ¼ cup of pasta water and toss.

Let the sauce reduce and add in the parmesan cheese. Toss is the parsley along with a little more water and crack of pepper.

Bacon & Veggie Quesadilla
Ingredients:

2 flour tortilla
4 strips of bacon, sliced into chunks
1 tomato, sliced
½ cup of fresh mozzarella
¼ cup of spicy gouda
1 cup of spinach


Instructions:
Heat a large saute pan on medium heat. Drop in the bacon and let that sizzle away.
Once there is enough heat, tilt the pan to “deep fry” the bacon pieces. Take the bacon out and pour out 80% of the fat into a bowl or cup.

With the leftover fat in the pan, add in your spinach and let it wilt away.

In the meantime, prepare the quesadillas. Add mozzarella to the bottom, followed by crispy bacon, the wilted spinach, 2 -3 tomato slices, and some spicy gouda. Fold over and squish.

Pour the reserved fat back into the saute pan and place the quesadilla down. Get one side coated in oil before flipping to coat the otherside in fat.

Fry until golden brown and crispy. While it fries up you can make some avocado crema sauce to go with it or clean up the kitchen a little. Flip and crispify the other side.

Cut in pieces and enjoy!

Avocado Cream

Ingredients:

1 cup of chopped cilantro (with stems)
1/3 cup of yogurt
1 Avocado
1 clove of garlic
Juice of 1 lime
Salt and pepper
Water if needed to thin out
Instructions:

In a food processor, add in chopped cilantro with stems, yogurt, avocado, a garlic clove, juice of a lime, salt, and pepper. Blitz until smooth.

Drizzle in some water to thin out the sauce. Pour into a container and store in the fridge until ready to use.

Thai Noodle Dish

Ingredients:

1 -2 tablespoons of neutral oil
1 onion, sliced
1 red pepper, sliced
1 clove of garlic, roughly chopped
1 knob of ginge, roughly chopped
½ cup of bok choy
2 eggs
1 package of rice noodles
1 teaspoon of sesame oil
1 teaspoon of rice vinegar
1 tablespoon of soy sauce
1 teaspoon of fish sauce
1 tablespoon of water
A few leaves of basil


Instructions:

In a medium saute pan, add in 1 – 2 tablespoons of oil.

Once it starts to shimmer add in the onion and pepper. Let soften for 1 – 2 minutes before adding in the chopped garlic and ginger. Cook for another 1 – 2 minutes.

Push all the veggies to one side. Drizzle in some more oil, and crack in the eggs.

Poke the yolk and let one side fry up. Flip to fry the other side and break up the eggs. Combine with the veggies.

Drop in the rice noodles and hit it with sesame oil, rice vinegar, soy sauce, fish sauce, and water. Toss to combine and soften up the noodles.

Toss in a few sprigs of basil and serve it!

Chicken Wings & Salad

Ingredients:

12 chicken wings
2 tablespoons of flour
1 tablespoons of your favorite spice mix
Pinch of salt
A little bit of oil
1 tablespoon of lemon juice
2 teaspoon of maple syrup
1 teaspoon of dijon mustard
Salt and pepper
2 -3 tablespoons of olive oil
¼ cup of red onion, sliced
1 – 2 radishes, sliced
¼ cup of chopped tomatoes
1 cup of gem lettuce, ripped


Instructions:

In a bowl, add in the chicken wings with the flour, spice mix, and salt. Toss to combine and place into an air fryer. Spray with some oil and air fry at 380 for 15 minutes.

While the chicken wings are cooking, grab a big bowl and add in lemon juice, maple syrup, mustard, salt and pepper. Drizzle in some olive oil while vigorously whisking until you get a nice mustard vinaigrette.

Then add in the sliced onion and radish along with tomatoes and gem lettuce.

Toss to combine and serve with the hot crispy wings!

[kevinflummi]

Title: "15 Minute Dinners"
Me after 15 Minutes: *still peeling my garlic*

[jakemode]

I've been in a depressive rut for awhile, I have almost no energy to cook for myself. This video really made me motivated to cook something for myself. Didn't know I needed this today but I definitely did ❤️

[carolegeddes]

More quick meals please. It is a public service to encourage working people to feed themselves and/or their family a home cooked meal once in a
Thank you for a great video.

[stevew]

Thank you for the useful recipes Mike! I'm a single dad with 2 kids and 2 full time jobs. Putting home cooked meals on the table is extremely difficult to say the least. This helps me from ordering pizza and eating garbage.

[StateofKait]

PLEASE do more of these, I barely have time to cook and because of that I just end up ordering. Your style of cooking and the meals you create are really in line with how my boyfriend and I eat. I'm so glad YouTube recommended your channel

[mhannan]

What makes this for me is the lack of "right" equipment and resources. Watching you smear olive oil because you don't have spray...using olive oil because you don't have neutral...faking the fork....all this encourages me that I don't have do it "right", just do it! Thanks for a terrific vid.

[EthanChlebowski]

Agreed, that cherry tomato pasta sauce is one of the GOATs for quick lunches / dinners. I pretty much always have some on hand.

[maryannplunkett]

I made the quesadilla for my wife tonight after a really long day and she loved it. And it was done in under 20 minutes. Before this video I would have said let’s just get takeout, but knowing I’d have an awesome home cooked meal with a recipe already in mind… total game changer. Thank you, Mike!

[trinity]

I like that you have always something for everyone - vegetraians, non-vegetarians, vegans. And your food is always super customizable to one’s liking. Great job! And yes on more quick meals!

[Saralovesyou]

I’ve been binging on your quick meal and freezable meal videos. I am disabled and cannot stand long in the kitchen while cooking without being in pain. These recipes are a lifesaver along with the freezable meal videos as they also help save time and don’t require me to stand for long periods of time everyday. A lot of us need to save time, some of us need to save ourselves and our bodies. Thank you so much. You have no idea how much videos like this make it easier. I appreciate you from the bottom of my heart. Have a great day! 🥰❤️

[happydadgeek]

I would definitely be interested in a follow-up with some more 15 minute meals. The more I learn to cook, the more I'm realizing how important it is to have a well stocked pantry and a good selection of fresh ingredients.

[shay_says_heyy]

I just made the pasta (it took about an hour since it was my first try at it). And guys… it is GOOD. 10/10 highly recommended. Cooking down the fresh tomatoes is so much better than the stuff in a jar. I cooked some Italian sausage separately and mixed it into the pasta at the end for some added protein. The pasta is delicious with or without the sausage :)

[JayLance]

This is 4 of your Top 10 recipes, you say?? Sounds like you need to make another video with the other 6 recipes! :-D

Thank you! These are going to go into the rotation in my kitchen, for SURE!

[tracylwhipple]

Gotta say- your show has made me braver and more confident in the kitchen. Made cacio e pepe from scratch the other day- after work- and it rocked!

[mariafriend]

I love that you clean up as you go along. Once I learned that trick, I found cooking so much more enjoyable. Thank you for these tips, who can’t use them?

[angelinagarcia]

We want MORE 15 min Dinners …. Thank You ❤️❤️❤️